The Any Body Co. Girls Just Became Sports Illustrated: Swimsuit Issue Models Together

Friends who model in Aruba together, stay together.

Oct 19, 2017 8:52pm

By Lauren Adhav

Georgia Gibbs and Kate Wasley are best friends and models who are perhaps best known for their March Instagram post, which went viral because, you know, they just happen to have different body-types (which is a completely normal, common thing because no one has the same exact body-type?).

As Georgia explains in the caption above, among the response to their initial photo were comments from people who believed she'd photoshopped the photo to flatter herself (in comparison to her friend Kate).

This, Georgia says, "broke [her] heart," but also led her and Kate to found "Any BODY," a joint Instagram account and website that promotes body positivity for women of all sizes.

The duo's Insta accounts quickly grew a large following, and received an overwhelmingly positive response. "Can't tell you how heartwarming it is seeing so many of you embrace your bodies," they wrote on their Instagram. The pair even found themselves on the cover of Australia's Health & Fitness magazine in September.

But perhaps the most exciting moment of their modeling careers came Wednesday, when Sports Illustrated officially announced Georgia and Kate as the magazine's latest 2018 SI Swim Rookies. They both took part in a magical photoshoot in Aruba and truly the photos speak for themselves.

Kate and Georgia lead by example in overcoming negativity (whether it's internal or external) to embrace yourself and support others around you—because we are all different and should love what makes us that way.